Meet and Make: Wanda Epps

With a love of crafting that shows no signs of stopping, Wanda Epps is the publisher of Making Beaded Jewelry.com, a website dedicated to showing others how to make jewelry the easy way.

Her love of crafts can be traced backed to childhood when she used to embroider a favorite jean jacket until it fell apart.

Let’s meet Wanda!

10 Fun Facts About Wanda Epps:

I grew up in a great small town called Louisa, VA where not much newsworthy happens but it was recently the epicenter of a 5.8 earthquake.

My favorite decade is the 70’s, so I loved watching That 70’s Show. I also love the biggest seventies disco group The Bee Gees. I loved them in the eighties too even though some thought they were no longer cool.

Besides jewelry making, I’ve had a few other hobbies – flower arranging, painting floor cloths and crocheting. My next crafting adventure will be quilting.

My favorite color is red and when I make jewelry for myself I try to incorporate red beads.

Robert De Niro is my all time favorite actor.

I have a ton of craft books and beads…You could say that I’m addicted. Okay, I admit it, I am!

In high school I was student council president and a member of the Honor Society.

My favorite classes in junior high and high school were art class and home economics – loved those macrame plant hangers.

I do not have a nick name and cannot swim.

I have lived in three different states – Virginia, South Carolina and California.

Wanda’s Project: Simple Bead Earrings

Have fun with this quick and easy beading project. Make these simple bead earrings in less than ten minutes!

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Comments

would like to know more about the craft. I am a woodworker/airbrush/craftsman but there are a few things I have not mastered or even have patience for, however I was hoping for maybe some tips from someone who knows other crafts such as yourself. Would like to hear from you thanks. kahookale@yahoo.com

Full Project Tutorials

Turn the seat of an old pair of jeans into potholders. The jean pockets, already ready for slipping in your hands, make this sewing project a breeze. Find a pair of old jeans. Perhaps you have an unsightly hole that is beyond mending like me? Cut two 10 inch squares around each pocket, with the […]